A blog devoted to RANTS ON AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN, car reviews, and - above all - fugly autos. whether looking for vehicular plagiarism or rides of extreme tastelessness, you've come to the right place.


Monday, January 25, 2010

Aston Martin Lagonda




The Aston Martin Lagonda concept isn't necessarily fugly. Moreso fugly by comparison. For a company that makes so of the most beautiful cars in the world, people weren't expecting it's Lagonda revival to turn out to be a chunky SUV with a budonkadonk. And why do the seats have beards?

Attack of the Clones: Volkzuki Kizetta



Shortly after the Kizashi debuted looking very Jetta-ish, VW bought 20% of Suzuki. Hmmm....

Shel Shocked

I'm enjoying the recent Shelby revival, but poor Carroll should stay out of the paint booth - I think the fumes get to him. This GT500 toured auto shows last year when the Mustang got it's facelift - Carroll choose these colours personally. I think someone should check to see if he's colour blind. If you stare at the red stripes for too long, you'll start to hallucinate.

Again with the razors...


Can you tell which is the Ford and which is the razor? They're getting harder now...

Nissan Bevel vs. Electric Razor


Can you tell which of these photos is the Nissan Bevel concept and which is an electric razor?

Corvette? 57 Chevy? 59 Chevy? Who the fug knows...



Behold the n2a Motors 789. More proof that people should just plain stop making Corvettes into retro cars. It's called the 789 as the front is that of a severely squared '57 Chev, the door detail is from a '58 Chev, and the tail is off a '59.

Chevrolet Uplander: Wal*Mart Edition



I was trying to be discrete taking these photos with my cell phone... I've seen this beaut around a few times, and the camera phone doesn't do it justice. A few items of note:

- Chrome hubcaps on top of steel wheels painted gold (to match the various pieces of the car painted with the same paint).
- Chrome mesh stuffed in every possible oriface.
- Buick portholes.
- Tre Faux hood scoop.
- Irridescent stickers on the sides, windsheild, and air deflector.
- an air deflector.
- bump strips painted silver (ran out of gold?)
- Strangely placed stuck-on scoops behind the front wheels. The appear to point up.
- Chrome chain license plate cover.

Although technically not parked at Wal*Mart, it is visible in the background.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

AVPT Cruiser

Someone call Sigourney Weaver, stat.

Mitsuoka Le-Seyde, Pt. 2



So I've covered the Mitsuoka Le-Seyde before when AutoFug first started, but I found some new pics and thought I would do some updating. Any guesses as to what this began as? I'm guessing Nissan Silvia. Another reason for updating is that I've stumbled across Misuoka's website for selling cars in the UK, and it contains some pretty awesome Engrish. See below...

"There is no special car. Originality and classic styling to fully enjoy the appreciation alone is not enough. Normally ride. Le-Seyde premise that if you ride and break equipped with modern features. This is a purely practical car. The classic car is the only mainstream dynamic styling, it was like watching a car, maybe. The original elegance to leave the car and ran to his roommate's Le-Seyde. Just go in the car. Ribbon equipment such as wheel spokes and tires DITIRU loyalty is bright. But it is not alone. Bend strength tests on the safety standards of about 2.8 times the mainframe. The body is stronger than 7 iron to 14 m / m use of FRP. Cornering expand to tread, such as strength and safety are also excel. Want to run slowly. Naturally the car is able to run faster. However, the slow-moving car that was rarely enjoy. FORUMU own, in addition to their beauty. Sometimes venture with the purpose of enjoying at 40 km per hour. Run, the scenery and enjoy themselves as much as anything to the car. Also part of car maintenance. Japan-based car using its own integration methods and car bodies, reliability and safety. RIBIRUTO is not using any. Of course, parts, the parts are made in Japan, so quick service anywhere across the country, also encouraged to get maintenance. Also play experience. Classic cars on the honest people's voice gave birth, with features such as PW.PS.AC the car. Not special, can ride every day. Driving one's own values are fully enjoy oneself. That car can be claimed."

Lumma Design CLR (but it's a BMW not a Mercedes)

Another confusing colour scheme... Althogether, this 750hp BMW M5 is all kinda of awesome. The problem is every part of it is a different colour.
Let's take the outside for starters. It's white, but it looks as if the new pieces of the body are black. Not carbon fibre either - just black. Why? Now knows... Maybe to show what their body kit looks like. It'd look so much better one colour though... It kind of looks like a skunk.

And now to the engine bay. Where the intake manifold is orange. I dunno - maybe all their engine parts are orange. Like how Chevy engine blocks used to be orange. Or how Porsche paints it's brake calipers different colours per model...


And now inside everything BUT the dashboard is bright white and red. Can't they keep a consistent colour scheme here?? Those seats and doors look like they should be in a Cavalier.